Slack announced Slackforce Surfaces, a feature that allows users to create reports, surveys, dashboards, presentations and small websites without leaving their workspace. Slackbot prepares content using permitted information from relevant conversations and connected apps such as Google Drive and Salesforce, based on instructions given in natural language. These outputs do not remain as chat responses but become interactive work surfaces that can be shared with teams and pinned to channels. Users can view the surfaces and leave comments. In Slack’s example, Slackbot creates a dashboard that presents AI token usage by department in an arcade game-style format. Ryan Gavin, Slack’s Chief Marketing Officer, said this would reduce the need to transfer data to other tools. Slack emphasized that only data the user has permission to access will be used.
Why it matters
The feature aims to reduce the need to move data between different tools by allowing teams to produce outputs such as reports and presentations without breaking away from the flow of conversation. It is therefore particularly relevant for users who work with scattered information across connected apps and share the content they produce with their teams. The fact that AI uses only data the user has permission to access means that permission boundaries in workspaces are directly reflected in content generation; however, how those boundaries will be managed in complex team structures remains an open question. The ability to comment on interactive surfaces and pin them to channels turns the prepared content from a one-off response into a work object that teams can review together.
Background
Slack is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: we have published 3 news stories mentioning the name in the last 90 days; the latest is dated September 5, 2026.